Sunday, July 24, 2011
If you are from New Jersey, Pennsylvania is a tax haven
There are only 49 states with a lower tax burden than New Jersey. People leave this state for Pennsylvania, which has higher taxes than a mere forty states, to avoid state taxes. I know, I've seen them do it.
Meanwhile, there are only five states with a lower aggregate tax burden than Texas, which has 30% more people than New York (which taxes slightly less aggressively than New Jersey) but which collects 60% less in taxes. Even if you believe that Texas does not do everything right, how can any principled New Yorker not be outraged, or at least ashamed, by the disparity?
6 Comments:
By 
Kirk Petersen, at
Sun Jul 24, 11:33:00 PM:
Ha!! I scooped you by 32 minutes! http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2011/07/surprise-new-jersey-has-the-highest-tax-burden.html
By 
Steve, at
Mon Jul 25, 12:57:00 AM:
By Georg Felis, at
Mon Jul 25, 01:05:00 AM:
Steve, name one state that he *likes*? (other than D.C., the State of Chaos, and the State of Delusion)
By , at
Mon Jul 25, 04:54:00 PM:
Easy! We New Yorkers are arrogant elitists who don't like anywhere that isn't NYC. Ask any New Yorker for driving instructions to get to another state: there is only one answer, "I don't know, but go across the GWB and turn left."
By , at
Mon Jul 25, 11:12:00 PM:
The difference is NY has to pay overtime for snow plowing.
By , at
Tue Jul 26, 12:46:00 PM:
If you want to make hay from this invest in Delaware, especially areas down the Route 1 corridor. It is growing like a weed and you can commute to Philadelphia from there, assuming you can't find work locally.
